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Spectacles carried by Mister Heath (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moor

'heath' is the definition.
(both can mean a type of landscape)

'spectacles carried by mister' is the wordplay.
'spectacles' becomes 'oo' (OO resembles a pair of glasses).
'carried by' indicates putting letters inside.
'mister' becomes 'Mr' (synonyms).
'oo' placed into 'mr' is 'MOOR'.

(Other definitions for moor that I've seen before include "Othello, perhaps" , "Tract of uncultivated upland" , "Heath - a North African Muslim" , "Ground that's high" , "Upland tract - eg Othello" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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